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2013 In Review: The defining moments

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Sachin Tendulkar, regarded as the greatest batsman in contemporary cricket, called it quits from Test cricket, announcing his retirement after his 200th match against the West Indies on October 10, 2013, bringing the curtains down on an extraordinary career spanning a marathon 24 years.

In a high profile operation, Delhi Police Special Cell arrested cricketer S Sreesanth on charges of spot-fixing. The disciplinary committee of the Indian cricket board banned former India and Rajasthan Royals fast bowler S Sreesanth for life, after finding them guilty of involvement in spot-fixing during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League.

Sachin Tendulkar, regarded as the greatest batsman in contemporary cricket, called it quits from Test cricket, announcing his retirement after his 200th match against the West Indies on October 10, 2013, bringing the curtains down on an extraordinary career spanning a marathon 24 years.

Former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad was sentenced to 5 years in jail in a fodder scam case by a special CBI court. Prasad has also been slapped with a fine of Rs 25 lakh

Beleaguered Tehelka's founder-editor Tarun Tejpal faced arrest after Goa police on booked him on rape charge following an allegation by a journalist colleague that he sexually assaulted her during an event in Goa.

Superstars Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan hugged each other at Baba Siddique's Iftar party, indicating the two actors, who were not on talking terms post the incident at Katrina Kaif's birthday bash in 2008, have perhaps patched up. The actors, who were attending Siddique's Iftar party after a long time, faced each other, shook hands and hugged each other when Siddiqui asked them to meet each other.

The emblematic MiG-21 FL that introduced supersonic jets to Indian Air Force 50 years ago flew into history here on Wednesday when two pairs of MiG-21 FLs roared off a runway at the Kalaikunda air base at 9.45am for the last time.

Chief economic advisor Raghuram G Rajan was appointed as the next governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He replaced D Subbarao, who completed his five-year term on September 4, and will be the 23rd governor of the central bank. "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved appointment of Raghuram Rajan as governor of RBI for a term of three years," an official statement said.

The Supreme Court set aside the decision of the Delhi high court, which had in 2009 decriminalised sexual relation between persons belonging to same sex. The apex court upheld the constitutional validity of Section 377 of Indian Penal Code that makes anal sex a punishable offence. LGBT activists, whose sexual relationships had been legalised by the Delhi HC, broke down inside the court room.

On December 11, 2013, the US state department charged Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in the Consulate General of India in New York. She was charged with wilfully committing visa fraud and perjury under Title 28, United States Code, Section 1746. The charges further alleged that Khobragade had submitted a visa application for another individual (in this case her domestic help Sangeeta Richard) which contained materially false and inaccurate statements. On December 12, Devyani was arrested in New York.

The Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) inked between India and China on facilitates establishment of a hotline between the military headquarters of the two countries, besides border personnel meeting sites in all sectors receiving broad directive not to tail each others' patrols along the disputed borders.